Public bug reported: Xen's console is attached to hvc0 in PV guests [1]. If an image does set it up on its grub configuration, the instance may not boot properly.
Nova could set the os_cmdline for that guest as it is doing for other hypervisors (for example for LXC), adding the console setup there, so that libvirt configures the domain properly. [1] https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_FAQ_Console ** Affects: nova Importance: Undecided Assignee: Alvaro Lopez (aloga) Status: New ** Tags: libvirt xen ** Description changed: Xen's console is attached to hvc0 in PV guests [1]. If an image does set - it up on its grub configuration, the instance won't boot. + it up on its grub configuration, the instance may not boot properly. Nova could set the os_cmdline for that guest as it is doing for other - hypervisors, adding the console setup there, so that libvirt configures - the domain properly. + hypervisors (for example for LXC), adding the console setup there, so + that libvirt configures the domain properly. [1] https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_FAQ_Console ** Changed in: nova Assignee: (unassigned) => Alvaro Lopez (aloga) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691190 Title: Xen should use "console=hvc0" on boot Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): New Bug description: Xen's console is attached to hvc0 in PV guests [1]. If an image does set it up on its grub configuration, the instance may not boot properly. Nova could set the os_cmdline for that guest as it is doing for other hypervisors (for example for LXC), adding the console setup there, so that libvirt configures the domain properly. [1] https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_FAQ_Console To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1691190/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
